LOUIE BLUIE SIGNED R.CRUMB LP BAD SANTA GHOST WORLD 2LP
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BACK IN 1999 ARTIST, DIRECTOR AND ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FILM DIRECTOR TERRY ZWIGOFF WAS DOING EVERYTHING HE COULD TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIS FILM 'GHOST WORLD'.
THE MOVIE BECAME A SLEEPER HIT INTRODUCING SCARLETT JOHANSSON TO THE WORLD.
I AM A RABID COLLECTOR OF ROBERT CRUMB MATERIALS AND A MUTUAL FRIEND MADE ME AWARE THAT TERRY WAS SELLING MANY OF HIS CRUMB COLLECTIBLES IN ORDER TO FINANCE THE MOVIE.
THE ROBERT CRUMB, TERRY ZWIGOFF ASSOCIATION IS HISTORIC IN 20TH CENTURY ART. IT GOES A LONG WAY BACK TO WHEN THEY WERE BOTH YOUNG ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS IN THE 1960s COUNTERCULTURE.
BEFORE 'GHOST WORLD' TERRY HAD ALREADY WON AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR HIS FABULOUS DOCUMENTARY 'CRUMB' AND WAS TRYING HIS LUCK WITH AN INDEPENDENT FEATURE.
THIS EVENTUALLY LEFT TERRY WITH THE FILM CREDIT TO DO 'BAD SANTA' WHICH WAS A BREAKTHROUGH SUCCESS FOR HIM ON EVERY LEVEL.
THE TWO RECORDS I AM OFFERING IN THIS AUCTION CAME FROM THE FIRST GROUP OF ITEMS I PURCHASED FROM TERRY'S PRVATE COLLECTION WHILE HE WAS RAISING THE 'GHOST WORLD' FUNDS.
IT WILL COME WITH A COPY OF A LETTER TERRY SENT TO ME WHICH DELINEATES THE SIGNED CRUMB ALONG WITH A RATHER LONG LIST OF OTHER COLECTIBLES I PURCHASED FROM HIM.
(The correspondence shown has addresses and phone numbers blocked for privacy, the copy you will receive is the full copy of the letter .. notarized COA)
THE 'LOUIE BLUIE' LP WAS SIGNED BY ROBERT CRUMB ON THE FRONT COVER BY PULLING BACK A SMALL PORTION OF SHRINK WRAP. THE RECORD IS AS ISSUED BY ARHOOLIE IN 1985 AND IT IS IN MINT CONDITION IN ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP, AND STILL SEALED. ALSO PRESERVED IN RESEAL WRAP.
LOUIE BLUIE IS THE SOUNDTRACK FROM TERRY ZWIGOFF'S POWERFUL STUDY OF BLUES FIDDLER HOWARD ARMSTRONG. THERE IS A 'LOUIE BLUIE MUSIC FESTIVAL' NOW INSPIRED BY THE WONDERFUL FILM AND THE AMAZING COUNTRY BLUES VIOLINIST aka LOUIE BLUIE, BUT SO FAR THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DVD OF THE FILM.
THE ORIGINAL 'HARMONICA BLUES' YAZOO LP CAME UNSIGNED, IN NEAR MINT CONDITION ... ABOUT AS CLEAN A COVER, INSIDE JACKET, AND LP AS YOU WILL FIND.
THE 'HARMONICA BLUES' LP IS FROM THE 1ST ORIGINAL PRESSING ISSUED BY NICK PERLS ON WAVERLY PLACE IN NEW YORK.
IT FEATURES THE ICONIC ROBERT CRUMB COVER IN VERY CRISP, UNFADED COLOR. IT ALSO HAS THE RARELY SEEN ROBERT CRUMB 'PEACOCK INNER JACKET'. THIS LP WILL ALSO COME IN RESEALABLE SHRINK WRAP.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IT WAS ROBERT CRUMB'S LP COVERS THAT HELP ESTABLISH HIM AS AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTIST, BECAUSE UNLIKE THE RACY AND RADICAL COMIC BOOKS HE WAS SO WELL KNOWN FOR IN THE 1960s, THE LP JACKETS SHOWED HIS DEEP FEELING FOR TRADITIONAL AMERICAN MUISIC AND DISPLAYED HIS ART WORK ON A SCALE THAT FAR EXCEEDED THE COMIC STRIP MEDIUM.
ANY R. CRUMB SIGNATURE HAS INTRINSIC VALUE, BUT HIS AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH ON THE OLD LPs ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE.
On Oct-24-09 at 15:59:34 PDT, seller added the following information:
THE LISTING HEAD SAYS ACCEPTABLE CONDITION. THAT IS AN ERROR .. !
THE LOUIE BLOUIE IS 'MINT' IN SHRINK WRAP AND THE HAMONICA BLUES IS EX++ TO NEAR MINT. DON'T KNOW HOW THE CONDITION READING CAME TO BE LISTED AS ACCEPTABLE. MY MISTAKE I'M SURE.
IF THERE IS SOME REAL INTEREST IN THIS ITEM PLEASE CONTACT ME OR GET YOUR BIDS IN EARLY BECAUSE I WILL OTHERWISE RE-LIST THESE ITEMS AT A LATER DATE.
GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR WATCHING AND BIDDING.
FOR MORE INFO OR PICTURES : 1BOBBYZ @ SBCGLOBAL . NET
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